Polish Customs Services Insignia Renewed

[Lukasz Gaszewski]

In March 2005 new insignia were introduced for the Polish Customs Services as part of the renewed uniform regulations. The ranks remained basically the same, but the insignia now moved from collar patches to shoulder straps as slip-ons. The reason for this change is completely unknown and difficult to explain for me. Similarly hard to say is why they decided to keep the five pointed stars, while in the past they were traditionally six pointed. Here is what the new insignia look like:



The alterations also affected the peaked caps, in which rank group laces moved from the band to the visor. "General" ranks obtained a broad silver zigzag and stars on the band. The good news is that a nice hat for female personnel was added:














Lukasz

[Zdzislaw Rudzki]

Here is the link to the full text of that regulation (in Polish)
http://www.abc.com.pl/serwis/du/2005/0571.htm
click on "wzór" links to see pictures
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